Electrical Design Engineer

We’re looking for an Electrical Design Engineer to join an established engineering business in Blackburn.

This is a role suited to someone with electrical control system design experience, as you will be taking projects from customer requirements through detailed electrical design, component specification and production support.

What’s on offer?

• £55,000 per year

• Mon – Thu | 7am – 4:30pm | Fri 7am – 11am

• 24 days holiday (increasing to 29 with service) + bank holidays

• Additional anniversary day off

• Group life policy with 4x salary cover

• Medicash healthcare plan

• Employer pension contribution

• Cycle to work scheme

What will you be doing as an Electrical Design Engineer?

• Designing electrical control systems from concept through to detailed drawings

• Producing schematics and general arrangements using AutoCAD / AutoCAD Electrical

• Designing control panels, PLC control systems, starters and larger MCC systems

• Calculating and specifying control gear, inverter drives and motor sizes

• Finalising BOMs and specifying components for procurement

• Liaising directly with customers to understand requirements and develop designs

• Working closely with panel builders and the wider production team

• Designing machine interface systems and industrial communication networks

• Producing technical, legislative and Design, Operation & Maintenance documentation

• Supporting retrofit, upgrade and new control panel projects

• Providing production support throughout project delivery

• Supporting software commissioning and customer training where required

• Managing your own design work to agreed project timescales

What will you need?

• Previous experience designing machine control systems

• Experience designing and specifying PLC and drive control systems

• Strong AutoCAD experience

• HNC, HND or degree in electrical/electronic engineering

• Strong understanding of electrical safety standards & machinery regulations

• Ability to produce electrical schematics and detailed design documentation

• Full UK driving licence

Interested?

Apply today or speak with Josh at KPJ Group for more information between 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday.

KPJ Group are a specialist Recruitment Consultancy with more than 50 years of experience delivering staffing solutions. We treat each application with a high degree of care however due to the high volume of applications are sometimes unable to contact all individuals. If you do not hear from us within 5 days of submitting your application, please assume that unfortunately you have not been shortlisted